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Published: May 30, 2021, 2:04 p.m.

Always great to be able to chat with my good friend Jeremy Todd! Check out his new book "The Positive Side" as well as his latest FREE program to get you unstuck over at http://besthalfyear.com/

Brandon Handley 0:00
321 Hey there spiritual dope. I am on here today with my man, my man. Mr. The pauses. Mister, check out my book, Jeremy Todd Jeremy Todd is a motivational speaker. He is an influencer. He is a legend. Not only in his own mind, but in mine as well. I'm so excited to have Jeremy here. If you've been if you've been a longtime listener to me a and he followed me through three podcasting, another Jeremy's kind of a regular, but you you'll know that Jeremy was catching me I got to see like you were like the first. Right. The first and it's funny. We look all the way back to 2017, where neither one of us knew what the hell to do. And here we are like earlier just before this podcast got started. Well, I got upgraded Mike bargraph equipment. Yeah. Right. But super excited to have you on. But I always like to start this off with. And I think you've been on one of these already. But I'll ask again, you know, source speaks through us. Right. And there's a message that can only be delivered through you. Today, right now to to a to somebody listening to this podcast, what is that message?

Jeremy Todd 1:22
Well, you know, I mean that several ways I go with this, but what you know why you were talking? It just really made me think about you know, when you say four years ago, when we first we first met, and there was so much insert uncertainty with my life here live, what we're going to do, why are we doing this? Where's that going? The biggest message for me, and it's really coming through right now. And when we're having this conversation is that, you know, we just never really gave up, we just kind of kept going and there wasn't like, it was almost like we're pulled through to time to basically this point. And I don't know how to really put it in quantified in the words, but it's almost like taking your hands off the steering wheel and allowing things that just happen to watch your life. And good things happen. You know, it's like a, you know, a bad crypto reference. But I'm watching cryptocurrency recently in this going way, way up, it's gone way, way down. But consistently, it's going up. And that's really how I felt my life is it's been for the last three or four years, you haven't the, you know, splitting up with my with the mother of my children having that move in a couple different times. So you can get these big downs, but also you got the big ups. But if I look back now, where I am today versus where I was four years ago, it's a lot higher, it's a lot. It's a it's a better place, even though I had these major drops in my life. It's just weird how that goes. And you know, I talk about this all the time, and even on my show about really just just getting through it. It's not about hey, I need to figure this out right now, I need to figure out what I'm gonna do the rest of my life right now I need to get through this shitty time right now. And I really don't really have to get through anything right now. It's just you're meant to be in that point. Why? Who puts you there? I don't know. But it's part of the life that's part of the journey. It is sometimes it's good to be in those in those bad low points because it builds you up and makes you stronger, makes you harder and makes you you know, all around a better person learning from the tough experiences. But man, I get I guess I just you know, going on that random tangent right there. But I just I don't know, if I've ever been happier in my entire life than I am right now. I feel more blessed than I've ever felt in my entire life. And maybe it's because of, you know, some of the things that that have happened in my life recently, you know, but with writing the book, and I appreciate you mentioned that and getting some of the things off my chest with that book. It's very, very freeing. And it's, it's also it's been happening with actually who I truly am individually, like, like, this is who this is my weird quirkiness. This is who I am. In all these things. They've taken time and they've taken time, and they've got to this point, and who knows what's gonna happen in the next three or four years from now, but I feel like I'm being pulled through this situation. By I don't know, you know, I have been the universe the way it's supposed to be. I don't know the answer to that part of it. But I just really like the momentum. And I like the journey and it says it's been amazing the last three or four years. So I know that really answered your question, but that's really what I'm thinking about.

Brandon Handley 4:22
Trying to figure out this new new get new setup, right? I'm just trying to press the right buttons. It's awesome, right? I love the you know, you're saying you're kind of pulled through this kind of time and space to get to where you are today. And it really reminds me of of how mine started, right. And my kind of journey started because somebody said that exact line to me, right? I was like oh man, just, you know, the drink and sure and wanting to party and wanting to be this person that I had been for so long this identity that I assumed just kind of fell away. Yeah. Right. And he's like he goes you know, once you kind of know fall into the space you get

Jeremy Todd 5:02
what you while you're messing with the banging down there. But this is another thing popped in my head too when I was when you were when you mentioned that I listened to a podcast just before I got on and I'm driving around town and, and it was a Jocko willing podcast and he had Dakota, Dakota Meyer on his navy seals and he's telling me stories and one of the things he also mentioned was, you know how lucky he is to have a support group, and not a support group to where, you know, hey, I'm you know, I'm mad, and this is bullshit and have someone say, Yeah, you're right. or not, maybe the support groups more like, you're wrong, Jeremy, you're full of shit, you know, you're not right. And I'm like, Oh, yeah, well, maybe I need I need. I have people like that in my life. Like you like a like a Donnie title like Elise Archer, and I never had these people. You know, I've got friends in my life for a long, long time that have been lifelong friends. But what's helped me tremendously is having these people that I can pull from, and talk to and be 100% vulnerable and honest with them, Hey, I suck at this. This is where I need to help that this is where, you know, this is what's going through my mind right now, can you help, let's talk about these things. But the biggest thing about that and having those relationships is actually being not only honest with the other people that you're talking to you about being honest with yourself and checking the ego at the door and understanding it, the only way I'm going to really truly get out of the funk or truly get better is if I'm 100% authentic and 100% vulnerable with the person having the conversation with. And I've been very, very blessed over the last three or four years to have those people. And that's made a huge difference in my life, maybe more than anything, is to fall on that support group. The people from all around the country, I mean, how you said you're in Pennsylvania, and I'm in Indiana, and Danny's in Florida, you know, he leases and you know, she's in Georgia. I mean, we got people all over the country now in that's made a big impact for for me and my life. And the most important thing about it, again, is that I've taken action towards that I haven't just sat there and say, Oh, woe is me. I'm like, you know what, I'm gonna call these people, I'm gonna go reach out to them, and then tell them what I'm thinking. Because we can all sit in our worries and all around our doubts and our fears. And we can stay there forever. But until we actually reach out and say, You know what, I'm tired of this shit. This is not who I am. That's not my authentic self. I need I need help. And actually take action, get the help. That's what's made the biggest impact for me in my life as well. It's just the authenticity of who I truly am. And saying that, hey, I need help. I mean, that's one of the most powerful words in the world is when you tell somebody that, hey, I need your help, you know?

Brandon Handley 7:35
No, you're right. It's a, well, I want to kind of call attention to this idea that and you had them on, right, you had a PR rush on the idea of the full lifters. Right? It's not so much of getting this group around you have people that you're not it was I think there's a difference between like some people that you hang out with, and some people that support you, right, like, you've got the you've got this list of people that are supportive. And the I think they're calling you on your shit, they let you they let you kind of step in it, right? They let you you're like, Hey, this is what I'd like to go do. Yeah, if you're having a conversation with Elise, if you're having a conversation with Donnie, and you're like, Hey, this is this is, this is what I'm gonna go do. They say, you know, they might give you a gut check, they might ask you a couple questions. But in the end, they're gonna be like, well, if you feel like that's what you need to do to make this progress for who you are, and go for it. How can I support that? Like, what can I do to do you need introductions to somebody? Do you need? Do you need a brand bass? manager? Do you need any of that stuff? Right? Like, how can I help you? What, what is what is what do I have, that can help you to become who it is that you're looking to become? And I think that there's a difference between those people who are supportive, those are the people that we're talking about, versus people that you hang out with, because there's people that you hang out with, or just hang out with, or just hang out with. And those people like, you know, if I if I'm, if I'm sharing a couple pieces out of your book, right, like, some people that you might just hang out with would be the couple of people that like, you know, back in the day to smoke some weed. Like, they're just like, Hey, you know what, let's this is this is what we're doing today. Right? And then that's it, but those aren't the people that are going to be the ones that elevate you.

Jeremy Todd 9:28
Yeah, you know, it's funny, I asked a question on my podcast the other day of pretty who I was talking to, I was talking to the founder of brand builder, or Yeah, not brand builders. Doesn't matter. No, actually, that show will be out tomorrow. But I asked him, Do you still hang out with the people you grew up with? And you know, it's interesting when you ask successful people that like that, it's most of the time the answer is obviously is no. You know, and I don't hate on these people. They're their friends and they've, you've kind of developed who I was as a child which is made me who I am today. You know, I don't, I don't hold any grudges, or I'm not upset with them, it's just over life and different experiences, you become different types of people. And then you begin following you know, the the old Jim Rohn, you're the average of the five people you hang out with, you know, you start attracting different people with similar mindsets that, you know, I can't have conversations like you and I are gonna have, like we've always had, with, you know, my buddies in the old neighborhood, you know, it's just not gonna happen, because they just they don't see that they're not. You know, they're, they're not, I don't want to hidden let's say in the word they're not let me sit for a better way to phrase that they just maybe have to just keep using the word not, but they haven't experienced some of the things that I've experienced to be able to open their mind and allow the universe or your actual soul to be able to communicate one on one with that, with that, that energy and that power. And that really allows you to open up and that and pause or pause. Yeah,

Brandon Handley 11:03
that's totally right. So what allows for something like that?

Jeremy Todd 11:05
Well, you know, I think a lot of times, you know, and I don't want to get into too hardcore random stuff, but I think it's with diet, I think it's food, I think it's how you, how you meditation, it's really focused in on your mind, and like, understanding how powerful the mind really is. And I think when you you know, if you smoke cigarettes and drink seven days a week, and you're doing all kinds of crazy drugs, or, you know, the lists are just eating terribly, I think these things block the connection with you and your inner soul and your inner being. The more cloudiness that isn't, that is there. It's just like, it's almost like I see these people that are just going through life going through the motions, and they're not really connected to that source energy and, and to be honest, I don't know what that source energy is, either. I don't. It's hard for me to grasp my small mind around that. But I can feel that the energies when I walk into a room, I can feel that energy, a positive energy or a negative energy. And I say with my, my youngest daughter Moyo, my only daughter me, I think she's extremely clairvoyant, I think she, she can feel energies better than anyone I've ever met my entire life, we could walk into a buildings, just but data just don't the energy here, I'm like, Alright, let's go, you know, to be able to be in touch with that power that is, within all of us, is something that is number one, because a lot people don't understand it, don't even know that it's there. Which is, which is, which is a problem, I think, it's it's a problem with society and communication and, and growing as a as a one big, you know, as the population we all grow together. And I think that's a problem that slows the evolution and the growth of a society in general. But, you know, when I, when I go back and talk about my daughter, and she can just, she can look at somebody and say, you know, I that person, I really liked that person's energy. And

Brandon Handley 12:50
let me ask you this, right, like, and and did you feel maybe that it's has something to do with you fostering that in your child and not saying no, to her, her her being able to pick that energy up? Sure. So and I guess I'll take it a step further, is that is it that we all kind of have that innate connection, right? And instead of it being fostered in us, it was kind of like shunted away like, Hey, you know, what, you know, so I guess sounds like what you're doing, again, is you're, you're fostering that in your in your daughter, and you're allowing for her to explore these these gifts and this ability to not be fearful of connecting to we'll call it source, we'll call it like, anything like that, like her intuition. And saying, Yeah, you know, what is that? Tell me more versus you're just being correct.

Jeremy Todd 13:48
And that's the biggest thing you kind of hit the nail on the head with there is I don't, you know, it's only my kids know, I don't tell them that that's hardly really ever I tell them no, and I just ask more questions. But why do you want to do that? or Why? Or in the situation, my daughter? What does that feeling like? Like, somewhat? like random questions? Is it warm? Is it cold? What color is that energy? You know, and really let allowing her to her mind to really focus in on that and knowing that she's in a safe place that, you know, we don't she's she can have those conversations, like you said, Well, I think, you know, a lot of society today that gets that gets beat down. That's not something that's really focused on I think it's the most important thing to focus on, by far, but I think it gets blocked through, you know, maybe it's, I don't know, maybe it's bad diet, maybe it's too much technology, maybe it's not being connected to the earth as much as I think people should be. There's all kinds of things there. But you know, what it boils down to, it's just when those conversations happen, I don't I don't tell her No, or that's weird, or I don't understand. I just asked questions. Wow, that's amazing. Tell me more. How does it make you feel? What does that look like? You know, these look these random questions, and then she'll just and she just goes on and on and on. On on her mat, you can just see it like, it's really, really a little bizarre because it's not that she's, she's not making it up. You know, you can tell when your kids are making something up. But she is so detailed, that she just, she just knows it. And she, it's like she's, it's reality for her. It might be

Brandon Handley 15:24
real for everybody. what's what's on? Like, like I said most most is like, and we're saying most of society's like, she tries to shut that down, right? Or puts a fence up around that. What has given you the ability or the wherewithal desire to foster it versus just versus what the rest of society is doing?

Jeremy Todd 15:48
It's good question. It's, it's not a single thing. It's been many things. And we've talked about some of those ups and downs throughout my life. And you know, I've questioned, you know, you know, again, me being five foot 230 pounds soaking wet. Well, like what, you know, why am I? Why am I this height? Why am I this tall when I was, you know, I talked about in the book when I was sexually molested as a kid. Why did that happen? To me, it's not, and I truly look at it, it's not good. It's not bad. It's just an experience of my life that I've had to learn from becoming a minimalist was huge, not being attached to, you know, to physical items, not trying to compare myself to somebody else about their bigger house or big car. And because I just don't really care, I really deep down, I don't care. And if I really don't care about any of that, societal, I try and check the ego as much as I possibly can. What will if you clear all those layers away, what it really boils down to is, hi, how can I learn from you? How can I get better? How can I be a better friend, a better parent, I just want to get better. And I want and I'm genuinely interested in people, like I'm genuinely interested in learning about experiences and what their thoughts are and totally non judgmental. Like, that's the other thing. You know, I think in the society, we're so it's so built up to we're fighting against each other instead of listening to each other. And that's shared and celebrated this, this mob mentality, if you're not with us, you're against us. And that's, that's a major problem with society. And I think it's, but it's not easy to get to the point where I'm at either, because I've had these experiences throughout my life that have really kicked my egos ass and just say, you know, whoever, you're not the coolest guy in the block, you know, you're not the best looking guy in the block. But you know, what, what I feel like I do have is this just just curiosity about life, and curiosity and people of how do we connect on a different level, I will never judge you. I will never, I'll never say anything hurtful to you. And if I do, it's unintentional. But I just want to learn and I want to get better. And I want to know what's after life. And I know want to know, I want to learn from different religions and what they believe and take all of this stuff together and just kind of live in the information. And that's what I always say, I don't know, what's what's, you know, what's going to happen next. I don't know what's life after death. I just want to live in all the information and just experience.

Brandon Handley 18:18
Let me let me jump in. Right. So I think one of the one of the one of the things I'm challenged by maybe you can help me here is, you know, here's where we are today, right? This is, that's where you are today because of your experiences. How you know, if you had to talk to somebody where they are right now, you know, maybe yourself, you know, four years ago or five years ago? What's that? What's that conversation look like? And how is that different? Right? How can you impart some wisdom to somebody where they are now along the journey what would you say

Jeremy Todd 18:50
the biggest thing and the one of the one of the most important things that I've really worked on is my is listening. And and I know it sounds so basic and so you know just what he had, of course you're gonna listen but before I was always listening to the person planning my response, and not even taking in and learning from the actual conversation because I would my ego was just so like, well I already know the answer to that I already know what's going on I want to give you my opinion and not even fully hear the question So as I've in the last few years I've just really I've just more sat on the sidelines and just watched and listened and listened and then ask more questions. Because if I if I if I focus on me if I focus on what you know how its explained this a little better it's it's I'm not trying to win in any situation I'm trying to learn from the other person and and really experienced that their life and in just listen in like manner. How did they get to this point? How do what can they teach me how to how do I get better and then I'm, I'm really this The other thing too Which is, I think it's important to I'm blown away with people's stories. When people think their story is not important, it's because you haven't found the right person that's actually listening to what, what you have to say, I think we are so tied into what we think society wants to hear, hear us say, we just tell people, whatever they want to hear instead of who we truly are as individuals. And I think when you start asking different, like different questions to people that they've never been asked before, it's it's amazing how people just start opening up and telling you, they're all all these goals and dreams that they have that they've maybe never told anybody. And they feel so much better with the conversation, I feel so much better the conversation. But it all started with really, truly being interested in the other person. And checking the ego and just listening and being fascinated with their story. Because everyone has an amazing story. We're just told and that our stories like everyone else's, and it's not, it's completely different. And I love listening to people and love hearing their stories. And the more you listen, truly listen, you learn so much faster. And I've learned more about listening the last in my life in the last three or four years, I probably did my entire life. Because Yeah, it's important.

Brandon Handley 21:19
The idea of Yeah, I heard it recently. And it was Bob Proctor. So my guy, right, like, turn them off a little bit, and you jump back in again, and you listen, you know, you hear with your ears, but you listen with your heart. Right. I thought that was pretty powerful line. And then, um, you know, outside of my story, which ones had the most like impact on you over the past couple years?

Jeremy Todd 21:51
repeat that, quote, repeat the question again, like, outside of what now,

Brandon Handley 21:54
outside of my story. Which one? Which one, which one you think like, over the past four years has really motivated you or had the greatest impact on you?

Jeremy Todd 22:06
You know, there's been a lot of stories and a lot of people that have impacted me tremendously. And you know, it's just so fun because some people push me because I'm selfish, a little jealous. Like I, I, I see my friends like, like, and again, it's just it's the ego talking again. But, you know, I see guys, like, you know, like Donnie Tuttle loved on me. You know, Donnie, and I were in a coaching company together and quit cold turkey. And he's making enemies just making great money and changing lives. And it's huge. And in what that does for me, and I want all of us to go to the bank together. I all want us to be successful all I want all of us to change our lives. But he motivates me. He is very humbling. He's very open. His story is pretty powerful. I don't want to get into like some of the other stuff that he that he struggled with, but but he begin those conversations that we have off the mic and that and outside that it makes us both better. It has really, really changed my life. You know, it's funny, this something small recently happened to me last week, and I was I applied for a TED talk here in Fort Wayne. And I got turned down. So I'm, I was I think I'm more excited that I got turned down, then I got accepted. Because it gives me this, like, you know what, a few pals. You don't say this, like this. That's what I needed to prove to myself, but I'm on the right path. Because that if you can't accept me in my own hometown, to speak a TED talk, because I got a TED talk. I think it's on my vision board. And I want to get that done. But for them to turn me down. that inspires me as well. Because it's just it's, it's, it's almost like the University in here. Jeremy, I know you wouldn't be on on do this sets off, but you're not quite ready yet. And like, you know what, maybe I'm not a dog. I'm gonna keep fighting. I'm gonna keep doing I'm not gonna quit. That's, that's, you know, those two stories are completely different. But really that that that TEDx getting turned down from that made a really big impact on me recently. Because, you know, it's just like, it's almost like the universe politely saying, Jeremy, you're not good enough. Still. Like, you know what? That's cool, man. I'm not giving up yet.

Brandon Handley 24:26
Right? I would look at it maybe a little bit differently. Right. I would look at it maybe as in shit. At least they emailed me back. They know who I am. For sure. I would look at it as kind of like evidence of things to come. Right. Like they My name is already. You don't know that. You don't know that in two weeks, whoever they they've already accepted. falls out. And then then maybe I'll check out this positive side guy. Yeah, maybe. Maybe. And Todd. And yeah, look, Danny's story is just so great because it's so So real, it's genuine, right? There's nothing fake about how he got to where he is. And there's no smoke and mirrors. There's any everything done for the right reasons. I just love it. Right.

Jeremy Todd 25:14
Yeah, you know, it's one of those guys that I call a friend, you know, a true friend. And you know, you know, you are a true friend of mine. Dan is a true friend of mine. Lisa is a true friend of mine. I mean, I've got it's just beautiful as all these people are so beautifully authentic. And in it for the right reasons. Like they, you know, we're doing this because we love what we do. And we're changing lives not fake. We're not doing this to get become billionaires. I mean, there's a lot of other ways we could do that. But

Brandon Handley 25:43
a lot faster. Yeah, for sure. Initially, I was right. Like, I wasn't in it for the right reasons in the beginning, and but that's all part of my journey. Right. And I love it. I love it. I love I love that that's been part of the journey. You've mentioned the universe, and you've mentioned kind of like, you know, spirit and energy, you know, and it's been maybe a year since we kind of talked last word, what's your stance these days? Man? What do we got? We've got a grand architect is what is what is fear? And how's it working through you and for you to you these days?

Jeremy Todd 26:17
You know, it's, it's, it's very interesting asset. Because I think about it, I literally think about it every day. And it's weird like it, you know, when I was born and raised Catholic, so, you know, sometimes when I felt I found comfort when going through my 20s and early 30s, of praying at night praying to, to a God that, that, you know, the white bearded guy. And you know, as that kind of evolved, and I kind of got away from all aspects of really, of any, any sort any, any kind of like a structure and religion completely gone out of that. I go back to, like, even like, like last week, two weeks ago, I thought I caught myself, like praying again, which is really weird. But it's not praying to the same God. It's praying to this all knowing power of energy, whatever that is, and I still don't know what it is. I don't there's something there's got to be something there. And I don't know if it's I don't know, man. I why,

Brandon Handley 27:25
why Why? Why is there got to be something there, right? I mean,

Jeremy Todd 27:28
I don't know. Yeah, you know, you know, I had a guy on there talking about a few weeks ago, and he's got something retreats, the whole retreats. And you know, he specializes in suicide. And I asked him and I asked him, his Is there life after death? Is there a god? And he said, unequivocally 100% Yes. And as you'd go through these different journeys of these mind altering experiences, you see that how much more is actually out there and we live you know, in this one dimension of of whatever my my quote unquote reality is, however, when you take mind altering drugs, you realize that there are so much more going on within the brain within this universe within this realm. Again, it goes back to it's just so gigantic, like how do I even comprehend that and I you know, not to go on Tinder, but even like space and time continuance, you know, there's, there's theories of you know, every black hole has a million other galaxies and universes with a million other black holes in them that continues to go on forever and ever infinity. And then you know, the multi universe thing where exactly what we're doing right now is happening on another planet. A billion trillion miles away on some random planet that's very close to ours. But maybe it's my podcast called the spiritual spiritual open near the positive side guy. Yeah, yeah, but there's just there's just all these things that I think about and I'm like, Well, is there one all mighty power being that is running all of this? The universe is from billions and billions of galaxies away?

Brandon Handley 29:02
I can't read something outside Do you think it's something outside of you?

Jeremy Todd 29:07
I don't know. Maybe not. Maybe Maybe that maybe that maybe that is the maybe that is one of those but I I just when I look at how massive everything is and with the universities and space and galaxies like how can there be one all power being for everything? Is this the only unit is this the only I guess universe that we are is there's your multi universes is there different things going I don't I can't grasp my I can't grasp that concept. So I don't and then that's why I live in this like study of just listening to things feed trusting my gut when things are going well. I feel like there's like that little energy that is above me of powerful me but like you said, maybe it is me itself. Maybe I am that it Eternal energy I just had, it's just a lot to think about. And I don't try and even claim that I know what the hell's going on. I just, but I listened to everybody and understand that I'm not smart enough, I don't know enough to be able to make that decision to decipher that set makes any sense at all. It's so big to you. It's

Brandon Handley 30:22
fair, it is big. And it is a lot. I mean, look, that's the that's the gist of this podcast, right? How do you? How do you kind of once you once you come in contact with that source, right, you felt that you like, and it's like now now that you're here, right? You know, had Krista on the podcast, and her podcast title was I'm awake. So now what? Right? I'm like, God, what a perfect podcast name. But yeah, so you're awake. Now? What? How do you incorporate this newfound levels spirituality? Or re connected with your spirituality and your like? Because I mean, conversation earlier, you're talking about like, you don't need anything, you don't need XYZ, you're detached from the necessary, you know, all these things. Right? Well, what's the keep you Jeremy from just, you know, rolling out and coming a monk at this point, right?

Jeremy Todd 31:17
Well, yeah. You know, I don't know, I know what you were talking about that to what I was kind of thinking about is, you know, it's interesting, when when I think about this, this energy or whatever, this, this higher power sources, it's interesting, because it's not always there all the time. So, you know, I'll go through days where I'm just going through the motions, it's normal day, and I'm just a normal person living through let me ask

Brandon Handley 31:39
you this, I'm gonna I'm gonna jump in. Right. Yeah. Is it? Is it that it's not always there? Or is that you're not always aware of it?

Jeremy Todd 31:47
I'm not always aware of it.

Brandon Handley 31:48
100%? Because I would have to say, I mean, this is this has been my experience, right? I would have to say that it's always there. It's, it's kind of up to us to tune into it. Right. It's like we're driving around, you're driving around. You turned into a podcast earlier. Yeah. You turned into you know, Satan, same thing. You're like, you know, what happens if I tuned in and soars right now? What source? What source up to?

Jeremy Todd 32:08
Yeah, exactly. And that's what's it's just very interesting, because, and I agree with you, the source is always there. However, it's it's am I tuned in Am I not tuned in and, you know, it's, it's like the typical person, a lot of typical, but, you know, when times are really, really good, you're like, man, Hey, thank you source energy, this is all good. When times are really really shitty, you're like, Oh, my God, I need your help. And then every once in a while, in the middle, it's like, you know, I'm just gonna check in here and there. But that's one thing I'd like to work on is just as really be, you know, just get better just can be more present, be more in tune with the with that energy and understand that it's always there. Things are happening. It's just, you know, hey, I'm just an average Joe just trying to get through it and working my way through this complicated mental test that I always think about. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I mean, I really want it because I just find these conversations fascinating. And that just allows you to be needed to remind yourself and think bigger and think. And just really think I mean, that's what I really enjoy

Brandon Handley 33:08
about that. Right? Let's talk about that for a second. Because you are having an impact, right, regardless of whether or not you feel like you're driving it through, you know, spirituality or some other way, for the, for the purpose of this podcast, you are driving it spirituality, you know, through a spiritual sense, you know, what kind of impact or you feel like you're having out there in the world today?

Jeremy Todd 33:30
You know, that's, it's a great question, because it allows it, you know, the first answer is, I don't know, it's just, it's an ego, like, you know, I know, I'm making a big impact out there, you know, and you got to give yourself permission to say that you are making a big difference. And it's okay. You know, I mean, it's okay to say that, and I've worked really, really hard on that. Because, you know, you and I had a conversation about two years ago, that made a big impact on my life. And this is very similar what we're talking about here and that question, because, you know, we talked about how I use, I use when I want to go to Chipotle, I've been there forever. And I always I always buy the person behind me launch. And that when I run out before they could actually get now acknowledge that, you know, bottom lunch, because I wasn't accepting that, that time of gratitude. Like it's okay. To have someone thank you for that. You know, and so when you ask a question like that, it just makes me go right back to that question that you asked, you asked me. So that's made a huge impact on my life. And I've actually tried to share that story about 1000 times because it's, it's so right, man, it's so right. So if I go back to the question in my what what kind of impact my making I'm thinking I truly make? I think I'm making a gigantic impact. And it is it's it's not numbers wise, you know, and I'm not trying to say I'm making a billions and billions of people changing all their lives, but the lives that I'm changing are gigantic. I had, you know, I get emails, you know, once twice a week that just say, you know, Jeremy I found your podcast, I tried to commit suicide three weeks ago, and I didn't know what I was gonna do I, luckily, I didn't go, I didn't succeed at doing that. And then I stumbled across your podcast, then how it's made such a big impact in my life in such a short amount of time. So when you talk about making an impact with that person, that that one person's life, and I know, there's more out there, and you know, I've got stories and emails, which I still save, because it makes it makes me feel good. But that one person? I mean, is that person going to have a, you know, another, it was younger person, I think, mid 20s? Maybe that

Brandon Handley 35:34
person worth it? That's worth it. All right. So it's all worth it, though. It's funny, because he says, you know, you don't feel like you're touching maybe billions or millions. But if you think about it, right, throughout the course of at least four years now, you know, with each person that you that listens, you know, throughout the past, you know, of course of four years, how many people have they talked to and interacted with and that network kind of the year that the multiplier effect over over time? I'll bet you by now, you know, you've you've impacted at least a billion.

Jeremy Todd 36:09
Yeah, yeah. And that's a good point, too. Because you know, it You never know, the whole butterfly effect and how it's affecting people down the down the road. And like, you've said, that young lady reached out to me, man, I mean, who's to say she has a, you know, a beautiful family has a couple of kids after that, and then changed her life? And has these kids like, what changed the world? You know, for sure.

Brandon Handley 36:26
You just never know, the change in the world. Right? Like, I mean, yeah, no, you don't know. So you know, if we're, if we're talking about somebody or something, and I got to imagine that, at a certain point, you kind of you were pulled through, like your insides, right for gut feeling to do your podcast, right? You were pulled to you know, you're like, I gotta get on the mic. Yeah, right. Um, what do you think is part of that? What drove that?

Jeremy Todd 36:54
It was really the I mean, it was the the opportunity to make an impact. I just, I'm a firm believer that we all have this message, we all have this message in, I have been blessed with the gift of gab, to tell my stories, and be 100% authentic, to allow people that have going through the same things that have gone through the same things to say, hey, it's okay that I went through these things. And you know, I talked about it one on one. I'm not trying to do a cheap blog, but in the book, I talk about, you know, me when I was a younger, yeah, that's right. Getting getting molested from a friend, you know, and there are so many people that this has probably happened to that, that have lived with this. Now, when I put the book out, and I had even another family member reached out and said, this is completely different situation. But she said she went to the same exact thing. I have been blessed with the gift of gab, and I've been blessed with the confidence and the, I don't know, if you want to call it arrogance than to say that I don't, I just don't give a shit what anybody else thinks about me. I truly don't I truly don't give a shit. If that's true, and I know this ability, that God higher being, whatever you want to say, has given me this opportunity, if I don't take advantage of it, what impact what negative impact would that it made on the world and the lives that I should have changed that never did? You know, it's like the where's the most successful place in the world, it's, you know, the the cemetery because we all we die with these ideas in our in our mind and never put them out there. And I wasn't going to allow that to happen. The podcast started out originally just you know, I knew that this message would need to get out. But over time, like everything is chatting a little bit more authentic, a little bit more real and the lives that has changed and are getting bigger and making a bigger impact. And but it's I was given a gift and and i'm using the gift to share the message man and you know, I friends, I'm sure you have said the same thing that you've had people tell you what are you doing? You know, why would you do that? This is stupid doesn't make any sense? Are you making any money? That was?

Brandon Handley 39:05
Absolutely that those are a couple of the next questions. Right. So you know that the next question really comes from you know, you've got these naysayers, right? You've got these people that are doing the Kukui crap, right? The the people that are you know, you're you're in there and they're trying to pull you back down. But you move move ahead. Anyways, there has to be a little bit of fear and trepidation and that you want to talk about getting through that.

Jeremy Todd 39:33
I had a lot of fear. I was, you know, a lot of it was just anger. It was, you know, it showed me that and this was partially mostly my fault as well that people didn't really know who I was. people's opinion and thoughts of me was not reality of actually who I truly was as an individual because I I played to society. You know, I was like, everyone Yes, I did. You know, I had the nice cars, I had the big house, I did all the, you know, I would partying all the time with all these random people that you look back and they're still doing it. And that's, um, but that was never me. That was never who I truly was. So, and I, you know, I don't want to say use the word blame, because that's that's saying that there's a negative connotation to that, but it was my fault that I wasn't really being who I actually was.

Brandon Handley 40:24
You were you. You were, was it true, then you maybe had a little bit of victim mentality?

Jeremy Todd 40:32
Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, if you go there with with, with my height, and you know, some of the personal stuff I went through 100% Yeah. 100% and,

Brandon Handley 40:40
and just just so what is victim mentality, then? What's that mean?

Jeremy Todd 40:44
Well, for me, it was like, it was why I've been screwed, because I'm the short guy. So I'm gonna overcompensate and try and try and prove to other people that I'm, I'm just as cool as you are, quote, unquote, cool as you are, even though I'm five, two, and, you know, I've got a, you know, a bonus shoe as well. And I've got all these other issues. But, you know, it was almost like I was I had to prove to others and not prove to myself that I was worthy. And that that was a cyst or something, you know, I probably still struggle they can relate to it just said that out loud. That makes a lot of sense to me. Now that I just said that out loud that I, I tried to prove to others who I was, instead of proving to myself who I actually was, you know, and I think when I accepted that, and really, man, hey, I'm, I'm 40. I'll be 43 here a couple months. I probably haven't accepted that. And so I was probably 3849. You know, but that's my journey. You know, it's that's how long it took me. It's not right, wrong or indifferent. But that's how long it's taking me to get to this point now in my life that I just, I'm happy with who I am.

Brandon Handley 41:47
I gotta wonder sometimes if that's just not the natural evolution, you know, that's when it's supposed to happen. Yeah, it's as I was listening to something the other day, and I forget exactly what it was. But like, you know, you can't rush that kind of thing. Right? You can't force it. Yeah. Right. And, and you can't time it, but you can get pretty close to the time. Yeah. So then the, give me a spiritual dope, right? So give me an idea of what's a hit of like, kind of spiritual dope for you.

Jeremy Todd 42:21
What is a hit for spiritual dope from

Brandon Handley 42:24
so you know, spiritual dope is like, you know, just when you're feeling connected to source, right, so what's one of your hits?

Jeremy Todd 42:30
By far, this is the one that most I love this time of year. I mean, yeah, this time of year, and reason being is when I can walk outside, and I can walk their feet barefoot in my backyard. And I can be 100% connected to what would actually connected to nothing, you know, but connected to myself, and then the planet and the birds and the bees and the flowers in the wind. And that, that, that, you know, you get euphoric. I mean, I get chills just thinking about it. Because that's, that's what life really is. That's like, that's like the basis of, of reality of life. And when you walk back into the house, or walk back, get back into the car, it's like, you're right back into society, and you're like, it's just a different world. You know, years ago, when I was in California, were the greatest things I did. And I'll never forget this as I watched the sunset, for 30 straight days in California. And I would go out on this little bench and there was, you know, the sunset was set over this, this like little valley. And, you know, I'd always look at all the different colors and all that, and just how beautiful it was. And I would sit there meditate, or just take deep breaths in breaths out and be present in that time. That's when you know, like, spiritual dope, that's about the biggest hit of spiritual nobody could possibly have is because that's, that's when you know, things are bigger than you. And, and I just feel so much better. I feel like I just have so much more energy and so much more meaning to live. And this is why I'm here and I need to enjoy this. And so the springtime and you get to the winter of gray and everything like that. It's terrible to the winter, and even today, we're a couple inches of snow, which is terrible in April. But next week 70 it'll be 70 degrees on Monday, and I take that time like what I said outside and just listen to the birds and the wind and just be at peace and it's the best thing in the world for me.

Brandon Handley 44:23
I love it man connecting with nature,

Jeremy Todd 44:24
right? Absolutely, the most important thing I can do.

Brandon Handley 44:27
So something's gonna happen. This didn't happen today. But I'm gonna do a little bit of conversion on this podcast. I'm gonna shorten it a little bit. And I'm gonna turn it into a little bit more of kind of like a spiritual speed dating Jeremy like, you know, somebody who's kind of speed dating Jeremy Todd today listening to podcast and they're like, Am I spiritually attracted to Jeremy Todd, right. So I think I'm gonna ask you like one or two like these kind of random questions that are it's actually 20 questions that came up and like, talking to, you know, some of the top 100 spiritual people, right can, you know, let's take one segment of the easier ones? Um, what is wisdom? And how do we gain it?

Jeremy Todd 45:10
What is wisdom? And how do we get it? You know, I think, for me, wisdom is it's the it's the tough times, but it's not the tough times. It's how you react to the tough times. Because I, I, you know, it's kind of like the deal failure question that I asked on my on my show as well. But wisdom has. I've been through so many tough times, you know, so I look back. And now when tough times happen, I reflect back on how I react in that situation. And I'm like, Well, you know, I learned so much from that situation that I'm not going to react is one of the strongest things I do is when there's turmoil, and when there's aggression and arguing, and I am the the calmest guy in the room. I just sit there and I'm patient. Because I've learned that when you when you the first reaction you have in a situation like that is usually the wrong one is coming from a place of where Wait, wait, wait, wait, the

Brandon Handley 46:02
first reaction is not the best one.

Jeremy Todd 46:04
Yeah, correct. Yeah, for me, it's 100%. For me, it's not. And but but that takes that's that takes time. That takes wisdom because I've been down that road where I've made these decisions, where it's just a snap decision. Like, man, I shouldn't have said that. I've, I've learned how to sit back and relax. How'd you how'd you learn to cultivate that? It was really through breathing. And that's been the biggest thing for me. And you know, when when, when you're in that situation, you feel like time's going by a million miles an hour, I've learned to just kind of sit back, take two or three deep breaths. And it just allows your brain to reset and what's kind of wild, whatever, which I love is,

Brandon Handley 46:41
is there any kind of just, I mean, is there any kind of certain breath that that is right? Like, I mean, can you illustrate that for somebody that might be looking to figure it out, for me,

Jeremy Todd 46:49
it's easy, it's just through the nose, I mean, because there's so many other pathways through the nose that it allows your brain to to absorb the oxygen a little bit different than it is to your mouth, and through your lungs. So it's very, very slow. And then I always pause, send them out through the mouth. And then it's a shorter breath as well through the nose. And it just allows you to gain composure. And and what's been amazing about that, too, is that allows the other person that has been super aggressive, almost kind of pause. And then you can almost see gears start changing with other people. It's, it's beautiful to see. But I do that with my kids. I do that with, you know, relatives, to get an argument with, I'm just, I'm not calm, cool. Like the guy just I just don't get upset anymore. I don't you won't catch me raising my voice you won't catch me yelling at anybody. Because I just sit back, relax, take that deep breath and then ask questions.

Brandon Handley 47:46
I love it. What, um, what are you up to man? What's next? What's up? So, you know, where should people kind of go and connect with Jeremy Todd?

Jeremy Todd 47:54
Well, you know, I'm really focused on my YouTube channel. I've got 175 people there. And I put a lot of videos up there, I put all the podcasts, put the money motivation on there, that's super important. Instagram has been great for me as well. And, you know, the biggest thing for me is I've signed there's been a few people that have come on to the, to the coaching program recently. And, you know, it's interesting, and I always tell the clients that come on, hey, this is all mindset coaching. And I know there's all kinds of different labels for coaching and that's something I always struggle with like, Am I a sales coach, I'm am I you know, you know, they're all the other cliche words for coaching and then some, I think it waters it down a lot but I think as overtime that when you listen to the podcast and you know how focus I'm mind setting in gaining this knowledge that people have started reaching really reaching out to me working on one on one with me, and it's been a salad changed my life, but to change other people's lives as well in you know, down the future, I just decided to work with more people. That's always fun. So you can always find me on YouTube and Instagram and you know, LinkedIn and all the other places. But I think one on one is probably the best, you know, shoot, you know, shoot me an email Jeremy at Jeremy Todd calm and you've got questions. Hopefully I got the answers.

Brandon Handley 49:08
And we're new Where can I find your podcast?

Jeremy Todd 49:11
I'm everywhere. You know, iTunes, Stitcher, Pandora is but actually been great. I've been I've had five or six people in the last few weeks, reach out to me and say, I found your podcast on Pandora. So it's just search and Jeremy, you'll be able to find me really, really quickly. Also on on iTunes, you can find me quickly there. But also, you know, keep in mind on my Facebook page, I put all the videos up there. You'll be up there here in about a week or so is to be great. And then on YouTube, but all the interviews on YouTube as well. So some people you know, it's depends how you take in things that are your audio and will listen to you what are you going to actually watch it? There's several different ways to catch the podcast as well now, but it's going better now than it's ever been. And I'm just excited about the future.

Brandon Handley 49:51
I think I think that's fantastic. I think what you're what you're illustrating is is persistence and passion in action. Right? You know, you've decided to, to, to, to continue with this thing. And what I love is that you've continued it throughout the quote unquote bad times. Right? Yeah, the tough times. And they say that that's kind of where the character shows up the character, the character of a man, or a person doesn't show up in as much in the good times as it does the bad times 100%. So I appreciate that you've been able to maintain the podcast, continue to look for the positive elements. And from my from my perspective, positive doesn't mean like, Hey, this is all sunshine and roses. Positive means how do we make progress from this point that we're at today? Right. So I appreciate you leading the way I appreciate your friendship overall, all these years and not just being able to have these conversations and I'm really proud of you but for getting your book out the positive side, how I overcame bullying, bankruptcy and a bad attitude. My true identity. Brother, thanks so much for being nice. I appreciate you, brother.

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